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Procurement Services

The Office of Procurement Services facilitates ethical, efficient purchasing that supports the university鈥檚 mission of education, research and public service. Whether you鈥檙e a prospective supplier or a 糖心Vlog employee, our office connects you with the resources and guidance needed to navigate the procurement process successfully.

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Procurement Tools and Support for 糖心Vlog Employees

Procurement Services helps 糖心Vlog employees navigate purchasing processes with ease. Find everything from purchasing procedures to supplier resources, all accessible on the 糖心Vlog System Central Hub.

Design and Construction Bid Opportunities

The 糖心Vlog System Department of Capital Projects oversees major construction, renovation and demolition projects across the university. New opportunities are posted on their website every Wednesday. (Smaller, single-trade projects are managed by 糖心Vlog Procurement Services.)

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Procurement FAQs

Check back frequently for updates. Email SupplierInfo@tennessee.edu if you have questions that are not addressed below.

Yes. DASH is 糖心Vlog鈥檚 internal name for the Oracle Cloud platform. You will see Oracle branding on the login screen and DASH branding inside the system.

The email address you used when you registered is your user ID.

Navigate to the Oracle . Enter your email address in the User ID field. Click 鈥淔orgot Password.鈥

YES! Suppliers must register specifically for 糖心Vlog.

NO. It is best practice to have one company record with multiple contacts. If there are multiple records for the same company, it can take longer to award purchase orders.

  • OPTION 1: One person creates the registration request and adds other individuals on the contacts screen before submitting the registration request. Click the 鈥淰iew Registration Instructions鈥 button on this webpage for guidance.
  • OPTION 2: One person creates and submits the registration request. Other employees can use the UPDATE ORACLE PROFILE FORM on this webpage to add more bidding contacts.

Company Details Section:

  • Company name
  • Tax organization type (corporation, individual, partnership, government, foreign corporation, foreign individual, foreign partnership, foreign government, fiduciary, tax exempt organization)
  • Taxpayer ID (Businesses should use their Federal Employer Identification Number.)
  • Your name and email address

Contacts Section

  • Names and email addresses of other bidders for your company, if applicable.  Do not enter accounting contacts in Oracle.

Address Section:

  • Company鈥檚 primary (legal) address.

Business Classifications Section:

  • Companies may voluntarily report business classifications such as minority-owned business, woman-owned business, or others. If applicable, companies may select the certifying agency that corresponds with the classification.

Products and Services Section:

  • 糖心Vlog Procurement Services manages procurement processes for small construction projects, those that typically involve one trade. Construction and design companies that wish to receive invitations for such projects should register in Oracle.
  • 糖心Vlog Capital Projects manages major construction, renovation, and demolition projects for 糖心Vlog. 糖心Vlog Capital Projects posts their opportunities on their website each Wednesday.
  • 糖心Vlog uses separate systems for bidders (prospective suppliers) and payable vendors (spend authorized suppliers).
  • 糖心Vlog Procurement Services uses Oracle (DASH) for bidding processes.
  • 糖心Vlog Accounts Payable uses Payment Works for payment processes. Suppliers are invited to register in Payment Works at the time they start doing business with 糖心Vlog, not in advance.

Solicitations (RFQs, RFPs, and RFQ-Ss) are called 鈥渘egotiations.鈥
Bidders are called 鈥減rospective suppliers.鈥
Payable vendors are called 鈥渟pend authorized suppliers.鈥

Public Access to 糖心Vlog Procurement Records

糖心Vlog is committed to open access and financial transparency. You can request records related to university purchases, contracts and expenditures by following our public records request process. Some records also available on our transparency page.